Malta, Idaho

The Interstate Feedlot, a 54,500-head feedyard completed in 1969, is located near the small town of Malta, Idaho. Located in the beautiful Raft River Valley, settlers in the Malta area in the early 1880s said it seemed like an island in a wide expanse of sea, so they named it after the island of Malta in the Mediterranean. Today, Malta boasts a population of 200 people. Five Rivers Interstate Feedlot is a proud member of the Malta, Burley and Cassia County Idaho community.

The historic Oregon Trail runs very near the Malta feedyard and one can see the narrow gullies and remnants of the shallow trail pioneers traveled as they made their way across this wide open desert area of Idaho. The Oregon Trail was traveled by wagons pulled with horses, mules and oxen. There were approximately 250,000 wagon trains that passed through the area and “folks” who lost their lives during the journey were often buried along the trail, underneath the ruts or covered in mounds with huge lava rock to prevent coyotes and other predators from disturbing the graves.

Interstate was built by EA Miller and has carried the names of ConAgra Cattle Feeding Company, MF Cattle Feeding and Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding